Our world in photos: December 6
Brooklyn Eagle Staff
December 6, 2024
MINNESOTA — Two heads on the same wavelength: U.S.-born Buddhist lama Jalue Dorje, right, and a member of the Minnesota Tibetan community bow and touch foreheads in a traditional Tibetan greeting at his 18th birthday and enthronement ceremony in Isanti, Minn., on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. The birthday party marks Dorje’s last such celebration before he joins a monastery in the Himalayan foothills — thousands of miles from his home in suburban Minneapolis. The term lama refers to a Buddhist teacher or an adherent who has been deemed worthy of respect or veneration.
There are an estimated five thousand Tibetan Buddhists residing in Minnesota, and it’s the second-largest Tibetan population in the U.S., according to that state’s Council on Asia Pacific Minnesotans.
PHILIPPINES — Nature’s revenge — thin sheets of rooftop are blown around like fabric: Motorists ride past a part of a roof suspended on electric wires blown by strong winds caused by Typhoon Man-yi along a street in the municipality of Baler, Aurora province, northeastern Philippines Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. Typhoon Man-yi, which the Associated Press reports was the strongest of six storms that pummeled the island nation within a month, left at least seven people dead in a landslide, destroyed houses and displaced large numbers of villagers. The typhoon and the two storms before it have impacted more than a million people, including nearly 700,000 who fled their homes and moved to emergency shelters or relatives’ homes, according to the Official of Civil Defense.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, meeting with the Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Manila, announced an additional $1 million in humanitarian aid for typhoon victims and has authorized U.S. troops to help Filipino military forces provide lifesaving aid.
VANCOUVER — In all sports, it’s the airborne moments that are most exciting: Toronto Argonauts’ Ka’Deem Carey (25) is upended by Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Michael Griffin (32) during first-half Canadian Football League game action at the Grey Cup in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. The Argonauts won the championship game 41-24. The CFL’s season usually begins in mid-June and runs to early November, followed by three weeks of playoffs.
Named after Albert Grey, the Governor General of Canada from 1904 until 1911, The Grey Cup refers both to the championship of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy that’s awarded to the victorious team.
HONDURAS — Nature’s revenge: People stand alongside a pedestrian bridge that collapsed due to flooding caused by rains brought on by Tropical Storm Sara in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. The storm had stalled over Honduras, drenching the northern coast of the Central American nation, swelling rivers and trapping some people at home. The storm also severed access to an entire community when a river crossing washed away.
Interestingly, Tropical Storm Sara, which made landfall late Thursday near its border with Nicaragua, may have actually helped Honduras win a CONCACAF Nations League soccer match that officials decided not to cancel. Playing on Friday in San Pedro Sula in heavy rain, Honduras won 2-0 against Mexico.
HOBOKEN — Telephoto lens captures supermoon behind a city observation in foreground: The moon rises behind an observation deck in New York City as seen from Hoboken, N.J., Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. November’s display was one of four Supermoon events in consecutive months during 2024 and was also called the Beaver Moon, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, because of the sheltering cycle of beavers after they have gathered enough food for the winter.
NASA defines a supermoon as being simultaneously full and at the part of its orbit closest to Earth. The moon’s distance from Earth varies between around 221,457 miles and 252,712 miles. The Beaver Supermoon placed it at 224,385 miles from Earth.
KNOXVILLE — ‘… the leaps that define super athletes’: Tennessee guard Jordan Gainey (11) shoots as he’s fouled by Austin Peay guard Hansel Enmanuel (24) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in Knoxville, Tenn. The home team won 103-68 over Austin Peay.
Fouls in basketball are illegal actions such as making excessive contact with an opponent. There are personal fouls and flagrant fouls. In the latter, the player against whom the foul is committed is awarded two free throws, and his team is awarded the ball for the next play. In a second type of flagrant foul, the player committing the contact gets ejected from the game.
MEXICO CITY — Here we have something our president-elect would happily allow to cross the border: Miss Denmark Victoria Kjær Theilvig waves after winning the 73rd Miss Universe Beauty Pageant in Mexico City, on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. Miss Theilvig becomes the first contestant from Denmark to win the Miss Universe title in the pageant’s 72-year history. Norway and Finland have won once, and Sweden has won twice. The contest began as a promotional event for Catalina Swimwear, and of course, this particular beauty pageant franchise expanded to the Miss USA pageant. For a while, the television producers Viacom and Paramount owned parts of the Miss Universe Pageant, which again changed hands to ITT before a future U.S. President, Donald Trump, purchased the pageant corporation in 1995. Trump, in turn, sold the Miss Universe Pageant to a talent agency in 2022.
Most Scandinavians are happy with the benefits granted to them by their respective countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. Denmark, in particular, is ranked as one of the happiest countries in the world thanks to its high minimum wage, high quality of life, equality in health and education opportunities, and healthy work-life balance.
SANTIAGO — The gay pride stride: Children representing the We Are Selenna transgender foundation march past the presidential palace in the annual Gay Pride parade in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. Named after Selena Quintanilla, the Tejano singer who was murdered in 1995 and established shortly after her death, The Selena Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides support, company and guidance to transgender children and their families in Chile.
The foundation works for a society without gender violence and seeks to nurture a place where youths can define themselves without pressures or stereotypes from others.
CALIFORNIA — Successful leap of faith for six points: Los Angeles Chargers running back J.K. Dobbins (27) jumps into the end zone to score a rushing touchdown past Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Josh Newton (28) during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. The Chargers won 34-27, even after having squandered a 21-point lead in the game’s third quarter. Then Dobbins rushed for a 29-yard touchdown with just 18 seconds left in the game.
The Chargers’ offense seemed to be on leave during most of the second half. However, Los Angeles then went 84 yards on four plays in 26 seconds on the decisive drive, reported the AP.
LITHUANIA — Sometimes gray can slay: A model presents a creation from the Lithuanian designer Juozas Statkevicius’ Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2025 fashion collection in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.
The website l’appart.pr describes the 56-year-old Statkevicius’ approach as being “dedicated to promoting self-love, with designs that are like exquisite dreams, each detail telling its own story.”
